DIGI207-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Social Media and Public Life

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

This course prepares students to do public communication in a rapidly changing media environment. The first half of the course explores how a range of social media platforms work and how professional communicators are attempting to use it. Topics will include networks, convergence culture, privacy and new forms of public life. In the second half of the course students will apply these ideas in a community or workplace environment. This course involves community and work-integrated learning.

Please note that this is a limited entry course. For more information, contact the Course Coordinator.

This course prepares you to do public communication in a rapidly changing media environment. The first half of the course explores how a range of social media platforms work and how professional communicators are attempting to use them. Topics will include networks, community, privacy and new forms of public life. In the second half of the course you will apply these ideas in a community or workplace environment. This course involves community/work-integrated learning.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course you should be able to

- describe trends and practices in public social media communication
- understand and apply key concepts of digital media studies
- discuss arguments around the impact of digital media on public organisations
- combine theory and practical work
- apply academic arguments through analysis of media texts
- develop writing, group work, oral presentation and discovery learning skills

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Students should have 15 points at the 100 level in COMS. Students without this prerequisite, but with at least a B average in 60 points of relevant courses, may enter the course with the approval of the Department Coordinator or the Undergraduate Coordinator for COMS.

Restrictions

COMS222, COMS207

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Donald Matheson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Essay 15 Mar 2018 25% Analyse a social media phenomenon
Presentation 10% Analyse a communication problem - Mon 26/Thurs 29 Mar
Participation in workplace 40% Includes partner’s evaluation & final presentation
Final output + reflection 01 Jun 2018 25%


Detailed information about assessments can be found on Learn.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Hinton, Sam(Lecturer in media) , Hjorth, Larissa; Understanding social media ;

Other readings are provided via Learn.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $746.00

International fee $3,038.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All DIGI207 Occurrences

  • DIGI207-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018